Karen Sussan
LCSW, LMHC
Writing from Karen Sussan, LCSW, LMHC, grouped by subject. Browse every post or pick another category below.
Pearl Bailey, in her book The Raw Pearl, 1969. If you tilt your head right now and check out the above photo and the quote from that vantage point,…
When my daughter was a toddler, she sometimes approached me and said, “Mommy, I’m bored.” My answer? “Good!” At the time, it felt a
You’ve probably heard the expression, “Don’t judge a person until you have walked a mile in their shoes.” Well, that is not the way I
The litany of “should”s, “must”s, and “have to”s is hard to disrupt. Many of us grew up learning “good” and “right”
Life is a series of small, subtle, and monumental changes. Big or little, transitions are transformative. Major life transitions can be
It’s easy to forget to smell the roses. It is hard to “just be”. We go on overdrive, push through, as it were, avoiding feelings and
Q: How are you feeling? A: Oh, I’m fine. That’s how the exchange goes, along with that glossy response, no matter how we are
Self compassion can be hard to come by. Healing from deficiencies of self compassion helps not only you, but ripples out and washes over
“When things fall apart, they turn into something else.” Roger Wolfe, LCSW I don’t know if my supervisor Roger Wolfe knew Yeats wrote a
Once, I gained wisdom from my teeth. I was 18 years old and had 4 impacted wisdom teeth extracted. After the surgery, I counted the days
Grief is not a mental illness but a normal process that takes time and looks different for everyone. Signs it may help to work with a counselor.
I invite you to start with a consultation. There is no pressure, just a conversation to see whether working together makes sense.
